Introduction
1. Vision determines response!
2. Four responses in Matthew 26:1-27:27
RESPONSE 1: THE BLINDNESS OF THE RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES (26:1-5)
“Then the chief priests and the elders… plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.” (vv. 3-4)
RESPONSE 2: THE DEVOTION OF THE GRATEFUL SAINT (26:6-13)
“… she has done a beautiful thing to me… wherever this gospel is proclaimed… what she has done will also be told in memory of her.” (vv. 10, 13)
RESPONSE 3: THE BETRAYAL OF THE COMPROMISED SOUL (26:14 – 27:10)
“… What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” (v. 15)
RESPONSE 4: THE SIN OF THE UNBELIEVING SPIRIT (27:11-27)
“… ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus said, ‘You have said so.’” (v. 11)
Conclusion
The Empress of Ireland
Sunday Worship Songs at cefc.ch/sws
Next Week’s Topic: Matthew 27:27-28:1
Next Week’s Speaker(s): Rev Dr Sharon Fong (BPJ) & Rev Tony Yeo (WDL); no service at Suntec
